Our freedoms and security, fought and died for by Canadians and their allies, are under attack. The biggest threats to our freedom are too much government, the eco-lobby, and censors posing as human rights commissions. Our biggest security threat is Islam.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Canadian Sniper Kill Shots in Afghanistan (video rejected by YouTube)

Update Dec 2009:
I was misled by the original author of the email I wrote about in this post, last March 2009. He/she was lying about the subject of the video. My original post from March begins after the asterisk line below.

Sadly, the video I received doesn't show Canadian snipers in Afghanistan. I say sadly because as a Canadian patriot I thought it was great to actually see our heroes in action. Unfortunately, it's just freelance wildlife exterminators using elephant guns on small game so they can watch the guts fly through the air.

If you haven't just skipped to the video yet, I'd ask you to appreciate my original comments from last March (they appear before and after the clip) in appreciation of Canada's military men and women. I feel fortunate to able to use a blog to express my support of Canada's military and all our allies.

Merry Christmas to all.

cousinarlo

Original Post follows this line
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I received the video below in an email today. It startled me, amazed me, and made me feel proud to be Canadian. Proud of all of the brave men and women in our military, and proud of the skill of our sniper teams.

Following is the text of the email to which it was attached. Please read it before watching. When it says "Pay close attention to the beginning", it means have your sound and picture adjusted and ready BEFORE you press play!

God bless our soldiers. They defend our freedom with their lives.

cousinarlo

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email text:

"Read This Before Watching Video!

Not for people with weak stomachs!!!

Very sobering footage. I'm glad the Canadians are on our side."

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""Canadian Sniper wiping out Taliban Snipers in Afghanistan: they never saw it coming.

These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They are made looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to find and home in on the target.

The sniper is using a 50 calibre rifle. A 50 cal. round is about 7-8inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one-half inches long.

Pay close attention to the beginning of the video. A Taliban sniper is laying on top of the peak in front of you... when you hear the shot fired....watch what happens. The sniper is also about a half mile away or more.

A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters (7565 ft/1.43 miles), the longest recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters (7369 ft/1.4 miles) was set by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967. The Canadian sniper was at an altitude of 8,500 feet and the target, across a valley, was at 9,000 feet.Canadian sniper units often operated in support of US infantry units, which were grateful for their help. The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters (7860 feet/1.48 miles).

The Canadian snipers fire special 50-calibre McMillan tactical rifles, which are bolt-action weapons with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the only Canadian troops operating without helmets or flak jackets as they had too much other equipment to carry. Each three-man team has one sniper rifle, three standard rifles, Canadian (C7s), one of them with a 203mm grenade launcher.""

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After being rejected by YouTube, I was able to find a home for the video right here at Blogger.

Here is an article about five Canadian snipers from the PPCLI working with American forces in Afghanistan in 2002. They were so effective they were nominated and awarded Bronze Stars by the US Army. Sadly, (the day before the award ceremony!), some small minded Canadian military official halted the Americans' honourable gesture. This stunt did a fine job of embarrassing ALL Canadians.

The Canadian brass was too petty and envious to deal with the reality of having another country show them and the world how good Canadian soldiers really are.

UPDATE Feb 19, 2010:

This post was inspired by the story of Canadian snipers performing heroic acts in the defense of freedom. Here's an interview with Rob Furlong, the Canadian sniper who set a world record with a kill shot of 2,430 m while serving with the Marines in Afghanistan (Operation Anaconda 2002).

I've resisted replying to the first poster because of a lack of knowledge in this area. Recently I looked into mountain goat hunting and found a link to a company in British Columbia that offers mountain goat hunting excursions. The link below shows hunters showing off their trophies after successful hunts. I could not see any bloody carcasses, which is what is shown in the video flying through the air.

I guess anon could be describing unknown elite sharpshooters using very expensive military rifles simply to obliterate wildlife, without eating, mounting, or using it. If so, exterminators would be a better way to describe them then, as opposed to hunters.

Maybe anonymous could share the link proving that this is just some good old boys blasting goats from miles away.

Look at the location in that first shot. Do you really think any sniper would be laying out on top of a rock in the open? In teh rest of the shots, how would any other sniper get to those locations and have any kind of a shot? Finally, the time between the shot being fired and the impact is way to short for being 1+ miles away.

Congratulations, elsa! You're the first rude commenter I've had. Is "retards" typical of the way you describe people when you can't think of a more intelligent way to express yourself? And, since this is my web home, is your insult not unlike walking into a stranger's house and crapping on the floor?

As a strong believer in free speech and freedom in general, I think it's more important to have elsa's vulgar meanderings remain here as a tribute to free speech, and an example of how hate can replace logic. However, I still have a couple of thoughts to share:

as elsa said...

"Whoever thinks that those are canadian snipers are retards! Canada has plenty of good snipers but A) these guys aren't using .50 cal,"

i am a former military service member that completed two tours on the dirt in Iraq, and I do get mad when others provide inaccurate information on a whim regarding the craft of soldiering. There's another jackoff on youtube below doing the same thing as you, and quite frankly that's the only thing that's sad but true. If you would have checked the accurate link I left you previously you would see that "Varmint Safari" would be the correct portrayal with the footage provided. Calibers such as a 308 mag, 30-06, and 7.62 would have the equivalent firepower presented in this video. You are obviously not in the military and have probably even held a gun in your life for that matter, there wouldn't be anything left it had been a .50 cal. If you have ever shot one you would know that as well. I wasn't attacking you at first just the incorrect information provided.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw0u22o_w8k

by the way, maybe you should brush up on your english monsieur kanuck. In America, the common phrase everyone and their mother would be what a person calls a saying, it's supposed to be proper. "My friend gave me this video in an email, these are canadian snipers," it's misleading and you're basically an idiot x's2 for trying to correct me when it is you that has erred.

purportverb |pərˈpôrt| [with infinitive ]appear or claim to be or do something, esp. falsely; profess : she is not the person she purports to be.

as in this video is not what you claim

crappyas in your an idiot from canada putting crappy stuff on the internet

propaganda |ˌpräpəˈgandə|noun1 chiefly derogatory information, esp. of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view : he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda.

err |ər; er|verb [ intrans. ] formalbe mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake : the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible.• [often as adj. ] ( erring) sin; do wrong : the erring brother who had wrecked his life.

i put that one in for you so you don't have to waste your time trying to correct me for your mistake, again.

Insults and firm corrections are also considered freedom of speech last time i checked unless they are slanderous. you are a jackoff, you are an idiot, and you are from canada, so all in all good to go!

WOW!!! 1. even if that was a furry critter ,or if that was a hooded Islam o fascias terrorist, that was a stud shot.2. I believe Cousinarlo got his argument shoved down his throat by Elsa. by the way when whats his face said that the guy on the rock didn't have a shot from the mountain side. you should probably think that over again. He had the high ground and the best spot visually for probably five or so miles.

I concur Casey, having a high ground vantage point from a rock hold that high is a dream come true but to shoot up in mountain wind at 8clicks plus would not exactly be the best approach. So to nail varmint from that far away is pretty animal.

Also I was never initially trying to be rude to cousinarlo he just posted material on a whim that was not what ihe claimed it to be even if received it via third party. That's a bit frustrating being an ex service member. Everyone has this image of shooting iraqis and taliban as a light situation but no matter how you cut it killing is killing and no matter how the situation pans out its an experience that will never leave a man as long as he lives. best regards to everyone.

Wow. I am a troll huh? good comeback, you also got me really good with setting up a blog about me for calling you out for being a total idiot. Seriously man find a hobby you obviously have too much time on your hands. Also your weapons experience sounds like a $150.00 idiot special at your local gun range to drop 50 rounds with 5 diferent guns. Anyway as usual Arlo, you sir sound like a grade A faggot. You were wrong for posting a video that portrays rednecks from the rocky mountains shooting varmint as super duper Canadian special military snipers. Then to top it off you get sand in your vagina when someone who has fought in the middle east calls you out for calling it what the video isn't. Why dont you stop sucking at life and stick to the facts douche!

Here is elsa's deleted post from above at 7:33, sent 14 minutes before the pithy comments above were made:

elsa said...

"Man you have have a lot of time on your hands Arlo, it's pretty funny that it took you a whole month to come up with a comeback, and, the best you can do is call me a troll. You sir are a grade A faggot. How am i a lier ? how am i a hypocrite, how am i a troll? Dumbest shit I have ever heard it doesn't even make sense. The truth is that youre a joke, you post bs on the internet and get sand in your vagina and when someone calls you out for being a moron. Also all of your previous weapons of experience listed sound like a gun range special for idiots that pay 150.00 to drop 50 rounds with five different weapons. Man you are a joke, good luck with being a faggot! In this arena it sounds like you have it wired!"

Hmmmm.

I don't know which version makes less sense, but it's always entertaining to see a true wordsmith hone his craft. Quite disappointing, though, coming from a self-proclaimed soldier to a foreign civilian who is obviously proud of their military men and women.

I also happen to be proud of the men and women of the USA who have been fighting and dying for freedom. But you, elsa, not so much.

I'll explain this again for you: if you had not waded in here calling people names (retards was #1) in your first post this would have turned out differently.

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WE'VE BEEN KICKING ASSES SINCE 1812. NOW IT'S ISLAM'S TURN

To All New Canadians:

Leave your honour killings, your acid throwing, and the rest of your offensive attitudes toward women at home. Or, like the Shafias, we will throw your asses in jail. Were it up to me the Shafias would hang.

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Our freedoms and security, fought and died for by Canadians and their allies, are under attack.

The biggest threats to our freedom are too much government, the eco-lobby, and censors posing as human rights commissions.

Our biggest security threat is Islam.

Islam seeks world domination through bombs,

...and babies.

"We're the ones who will change you . . . Just look at the development within Europe, where the number of Muslims is expanding like mosquitoes. Every western woman in the EU is producing an average of 1.4 children. Every Muslim woman in the same countries is producing 3.5 children." -Mullah Krekar

Aqsa Parvez: Canadian teen murdered by her family in the name of Islam

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Bottom of the Canadian Political Barrel

2013 Update

The Liar Dalton McGuinty quit his job not long before a huge spending scandal gathered full steam. His party the Liberals/Fiberals had a private meeting and appointed a new premier for us without an election. She was one of his minions (ministers) but denies knowing anything about anything, including the scandal.

New List for 2011/2012

1. The NDP.

They will always be economic disasters, because of their uncontrollable need to tax and spend. Now 60% of their members are from Quebec, and a lot of them being elected by voters who used to support the separatist Bloc Quebecois. That happened because Jack Layton (now deceased) told voters in Quebec that he supported tougher language laws).

2012 Update: their support in Quebec is dropping like a stone. Quebecers voted NDP to piss off the Bloc, not because they liked Jack Layton.

2013 Update: Their new Head Pinhead is Thomas (not "Tom" like a real Canadian should say it) Mulcair. He just finished stabbing his fellow Canadians in the back by going to the USA and telling them that the Keystone pipeline was a bad idea. He's worse than incompetent, he's another self-hating socialist that wants to be powerful while f--king with your future.

2. Dalton McGuinty

This is the zombie politician. It doesn't matter how much credibility and respect gets hacked off the man, he just keeps coming and coming. Mouth breathing city voters, unions, teachers, and the rest of the moochers managed to keep him in power in this year's election, albeit with now a very slim minority government.

2012 He remains taxpayer enemy #1 in Ontario

2013 Update:

This man put Ontario deeper in debt than ever while his boot licking bureaucrats created scandal after scandal, including eHealth, Ornge, and finally cancelled power plants (cancelled to save his party, not to do what was right for Ontario).

Then the coward resigned, suspended the government, and anointed an even FURTHER left sycophant of his to replace him as Premier. No votes, no problem. That's the left; child-like rule changing is standard equipment.

He's GOT to rank as the worst Premier Ontario's ever had.

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Original list with updates below:

Dec 2010 updates in red

May 2011 updates in Conservative blue

1. Jack Layton:

pinko idiot/socialist mooch (holding steady)(Now the Official Leader of the Opposition, the New Demoochcratic Party)

2012 Now dead

2. Stephan Dion:

Green freak, enforced retirement from combat (will be off next year's list)(In a delicious twist of irony, he keeps his seat in 2011 while Ignatieff loses his)

2012 Love the new attack ads reminding people the disaster he created in Ontario as Premier in the 90's

4. Gilles Duceppe:

Should be deported from Canada for treason (still a traitor)(No need to deport- he lost his seat and can now shrivel away)

2012 Still a traitor and bloodsucker. Sadly Quebecers seem to be drifting back to this blackmailer's party

5. Michael Ignatieff:

Thinks he's God's gift to Canada (still irrelevant)(Now also NOT the Liberal leader- back to Hah-vad with you!)

2012 Gone from politics but still yapping for money

6. Dalton McGuinty, aka Norman Bates:

Mr Tax Increase. Can find Canada on a world map (still running Ontario's economy into the ground. I think he may have been worse for Ontario than Rae was). We can finally get rid of this super sized socialist next fall.

2012 Update: Thanks to the preponderance of liberal morons and immigrants in Toronto, he squeaked back in with a one-seat majority. The rest of Ontario needs to separate from Toronto.

2012 Fall update: Under pressure from the buildup of scandals, the coward resigns and then prorogues the government to avoid investigations and charges of contempt. A complete disaster for Ontario's economy; he took the nanny state to new lows and robbed us of one freedom after another.

Dalton McGuinty: Worst Ontario Premier Ever.

7. David Miller:

Presently destroying Toronto (update: not running for re-election!) (He's out, and Rob Ford is in. Ford's mandate is to undo the financial carnage from letting liberals control the money for so long.)

2012 David Who???

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Google Adsensorship August 2010

My question/problem is that despite being registered with Adsense (see #1 below), the ads are gone again. In addition, Google Analytics is not seeing all the visitors to my site (See #2 below), although Sitemeter can (see #3 below)

This is at least the second time I've been bumped off Adsense, and I can't figure out what I've done to cause it. My history for analytics shows traffic in April/May, the last time I noticed the ads and analytics were missing.

Thanks for any help. Sorry for all the verbage.

Larry

PS the first two items below are just copy/paste of text from Google; the third is the direct link to sitemeter from my blog.

#1

AdSense is enabled for your blog!

Your ads are currently serving with publisher ID ca-pub-XXXXXXXXXXXX4276.

To modify the location or display of your ads, go to the Layout > Page Elements tab. From there, you can edit existing AdSense gadgets, add additional Adsense gadgets through the gadget directory, or modify the display of ads in your posts. For specific instructions, please view our help article.

cousinarlo: AdSense Pro Robin obviously didn't bother to look at your "site" or his answer might have been radically different, if he'd answered at all - and Google usually keeps their people from making any kind of public response to a "site" like yours.

Speaking as a Caucasian non-Muslim, I have to say it's pretty obvious why your "site" is showing PSAs. So I took it upon myself to ask Policy to take a look. They are the final arbiters of cases like this, let's wait and see what they have to say.

PS: Your "site" is a blogspot subdomain. You don't have access to your robots.text file nor do you need access to it: by default, Google makes the file universally open.

zihara, I just followed a couple of links and found other answers. It would seem many people have this problem. Google is actively censoring blog content by blocking ads.

I found an official google answer (this is a lot like Orwell's 1984 if you ask me) to the question, "What are other reasons my site might not be a good fit for AdSense?"

"Our system has filters in place to keep advertisers' ads from displaying on pages that could be interpreted as negative, non-family safe or potentially offensive. If a site falls into one of these categories or our system detects any other reason an advertiser might not want their ads on a website, our system may classify that site's content as sensitive."

cousinarlo: I see that you've found the problem! You were not born with a "right" to use Blogger. The use of Blogger is a privilege freely offered to all those who can keep their materials within the confines of the Blogger Terms & Conditions. If you violate the Terms and Conditions of Blogger, Blogger has the right to shut you out of their system. That does not constitute censorship of a non-existent "right," that constitutes the revocation of aprivilege. You are free to buy your own domain name and rent your own hosting space and serve up whatever materials you may want to, as long as you can keep those materials within the confines of the Terms & Conditions of whatever hosting company you rent your space from (and they all have their Terms & Conditions).

Same as no one was born with the "right" to use AdSense. The use of AdSense is aprivilege freely offered to all those who can produce unique and original materials that exist within the confines of the AdSense Program Policies and Terms & Conditions. That is a slightly more restrictive set of rules than what Blogger runs on and the AdSense rules tend to get enforced more stringently. If you define "not being served ads" as "censorship," you need to look up "censorship" in a good dictionary.

When I glanced through your index page I did see a PSA. If all you see are blanks now then AdSense has moved a bit further down the road toward shutting you off completely.

cousinarlo: There are literally thousands of lurkers in these forums afraid to ask any questions similar to what you asked. And the responses given here would most likely fit for anyone who was running similar materials in a similar manner. When you invite cash-paying advertisers into your space, you invite their business sense, their lawyers, their morals in with them. Fact of life. That's what "Terms & Conditions" are about and why they are enforced.

As for how to "fix" your blog, I have some suggestions but they all revolve around removing its "gender" and its slant. Impartial news is one thing, opinion is another, vitriolic rabble-rousing, name-pointing and racism is a third. But I think that if you stuck to the first two, you'd think your opinions had been "fixed" (as in "neutering" a dog). On the other hand, you can't be drawing a lot of traffic to that as it is and the traffic you do draw does not tend to be of the "flush-with-cash" kind that advertisers are looking for.

zihara, could you please explain what you mean by "removing its "gender"", regarding my Blogger site. How does a blog have a gender?

...and "slant"???

What type of "slant" are we referring to? I have things and people that bother me, as my essay at the bottom of my blog states. We all do, even you, zihara. Have I published any lies or advocated harm toward another?

Since when did speech that was deemed "vitriolic rabble-rousing, name-pointing and racism" become crimes, other than in the old Soviet Union and places like it? You seem much like our Human Rights Commissions that want to make hurting someone's feelings a federal offense.

*************************Apparently, pointing out the factual excesses of Islam is too much for Google; better, I guess, that we should just roll over and accept the modern Islamic conquest of the west, resulting from weak-in-the-knees liberal apologists.